June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1774
Day of Week 2nd » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in Thirteen Colonies named colonial America to house Kingdom of Great Britain known as British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters a
Day of Week 22nd » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1774
2nd » William Lawson (explorer) e.g William Lawson, English-Australian explorer (d. 1850)
21st » Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician, 6th Vice President of the United States (d. 1825)
24th » Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
24th » François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838)